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  The Trump administration has launched a legal attack on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), raising questions about the future of other nonprofits at odds with the president. The center pleaded not guilty Thursday in an unusual case, one that accuses the SPLC of turning its back on its very mission: using a now-defunct informant program to funnel money to the hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) it spent decades fighting. It’s a claim the SPLC strongly denies — one it says is “not even su...

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  The GOP’s once sure-fire odds to retain their Senate majority in the midterms are looking bleaker every day, but according to a new report from Politico, some in the party are plotting a “coup” that could save them from a complete wipeout: flipping John Fetterman, the increasingly ostracized Democratic senator. Fetterman was first elected to the Senate from Pennsylvania in 2022, besting the Trump-backed Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz and helping Democrats defy the odds and grow their majority in the c...

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  Many Americans are cutting back on everyday expenses as gas prices soar due to President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, now approaching the 10-week mark. About 44 percent of Americans said they’re driving less due to high gas prices, while 42 percent said they’ve slashed household expenses, according to a Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll. In addition, the poll revealed that 34 percent have altered travel or vacation plans. Americans are changing their behaviors as national average gas prices hit...

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  Thousands of tins of infant formula have been recalled over a toxin that could lead to illness among babies who consume it, according to a notice posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In the notice, shared Saturday, the FDA said a2 Milk Company of Colorado had issued a voluntary recall of three batches of its a2 Platinum Premium USA formula, advertised for children who are 12 months old and younger. Cereulide, a toxin created by some strains of the Bacillus cereus bacterium, was found...

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  Chevron’s CEO has warned that he isn’t sure how high gas prices could get as Donald Trump continues to try to bring an end to the two-month-long Iran war. Mike Wirth was interviewed on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday and said that the war had exposed the relative futility of some measures taken to avert price shocks for consumers while warning that gas prices were not done rising, at least for now. Gas prices are nationally averaged at $4.46 for a gallon of low-grade fuel. Wirth said it was “ver...

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  Typically a sign things are going well......